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Encyclopedia > Robin Wright Penn
Robin Wright Penn
Birth name Robin Gayle Wright
Born April 8, 1966 (1966-04-08) (age 41)
Flag of United States Dallas, Texas, USA
Spouse(s) Sean Penn (1996-)

Robin Gayle Wright Penn (born April 8, 1966) is an American film actress. April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Dallas redirects here. ... Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

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Biography

Early life

Penn was born Robin Gayle Wright in Dallas, Texas, to Gayle (Gaston), an Independent Executive National Sales Director for Mary Kay cosmetics, and Freddie Gayle Wright, a pharmaceutical executive.[1] She was raised in San Diego, California. At age 15 in 1981, she dated Charlie Sheen for approximately a year.[citation needed] Nickname: Motto: Live Large. ... Mary Kay is a brand of skin care and color cosmetics sold by Mary Kay Inc. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates , Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney         City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders (R) Michael Aguirre Scott Peters Kevin... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Charles Irwin Sheen (born Carlos Irwin Estévez on September 3, 1965) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy-nominated American actor. ...


Career

Penn first became famous on television, playing Kelly Capwell on the soap opera Santa Barbara, and shot to stardom after her roles as Buttercup in The Princess Bride and Jenny Curran in Forrest Gump, the latter role garnering her a Golden Globe Award nomination for best supporting actress. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... Santa Barbara was an American soap opera which ran on NBC for 2137 episodes from July 30, 1984 to January 15, 1993. ... The Princess Bride is a 1987 film, based on the 1973 novel The Princess Bride by William Goldman, combining comedy, adventure, romance and fantasy. ... For the main character of the same name, see Forrest Gump (character) Forrest Gump is a 1994 drama film based on a novel by Winston Groom that was written in 1986, and the name of the title character of both. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...


Penn was offered the role of Maid Marian in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, but had to turn it down because she was pregnant. Robin Hood and Maid Marian (poster, ca. ... Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was a 1991 film directed by Kevin Reynolds. ...


Her name is mentioned in the song "Palace & Main" by Swedish band Kent. Palace & Main is a song by Swedish rock band kent, written by Joakim Berg and Martin Sköld. ... Kent is a Swedish rock band founded in Eskilstuna/Torshälla in 1990, with the name Coca-Cola Kids, later Jones & Giftet (Jones & the Poison), and Havsänglar (Angel sharks, lit. ...


Personal life

Her daughter Dylan Frances was born on 13 April 1991 and son Hopper Jack was born on 6 August 1993. On 27 April 1996 she married Sean Penn. Today they live in Ross, California. is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Ross is a small town in Marin County, California United States, just north of San Francisco. ...


Penn is the national campaign spokesperson for the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America. Myasthenia gravis (sometimes abbreviated MG; from the Greek myastheneia, lit. ...


Filmography

Features:

Upcoming: // April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Gos Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver. ... The Princess Bride is a 1987 film, based on the 1973 novel The Princess Bride by William Goldman, combining comedy, adventure, romance and fantasy. ... // May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers. ... The year 1990 in film involved some significant events. ... State of Grace is an American neo-noir[1] crime film released in 1990. ... The year 1990 in film involved some significant events. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1992. ... Toys is a 1992 surreal black comedy film directed by Barry Levinson. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1992. ... For the main character of the same name, see Forrest Gump (character) Forrest Gump is a 1994 drama film based on a novel by Winston Groom that was written in 1986, and the name of the title character of both. ... // November 1 - George Lucas leaves the day-to-day operations of his filmmaking business and starts a sabbatical (while on sabbatical, he wrote the prequel Star Wars trilogy). ... The Crossing Guard is a 1995 independent film directed and written by American actor Sean Penn. ... The year 1995 in film involved some significant events. ... The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders is a 1722 novel by Daniel Defoe. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1996. ... The year 1997 in film involved some significant events. ... Shes So Lovely is a 1997 movie directed by Nick Cassavetes, written by the late John Cassavetes. ... The year 1997 in film involved some significant events. ... Hurlyburly (1984) is a play written by David Rabe. ... // February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The year 1999 in film involved some significant events. ... How to Kill Your Neighbors Dog is a 2000 British comedy film starring Kenneth Branagh and Robin Wright Penn. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2000. ... This page refers to the film Unbreakable For other uses, see Unbreakable (disambiguation). ... This is a list of film-related events in 2000. ... Promotional poster for The Pledge The Pledge (2001) is a drama/thriller movie, directed by Sean Penn. ... For the 1968 science-fiction film and novel, see 2001: A Space Odyssey The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ... The Last Castle is a 2001 movie starring Robert Redford and James Gandolfini. ... For the 1968 science-fiction film and novel, see 2001: A Space Odyssey The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... White Oleander is a 2002 drama film directed by Peter Kosminsky. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... The Singing Detective was a 2003 film based on the BBC mini-series of the same name, a work by Dennis Potter. ... The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. ... The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. ... A Home at the End of the World is a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham, who also wrote the screenplay of the movie (directed by Michael Mayer). ... The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. ... Nine Lives Poster Nine Lives is a 2005 movie telling nine short, loosely intertwining tales centred around nine different women. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ... Sorry, Haters is a 2005 motion picture written and directed by Jeff Stanzler, starring Robin Wright Penn, Abdel Kechiche, Elodie Bouchez and Sandra Oh, distributed by IFC Films. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ... Breaking and Entering, a 2006 romantic drama, is Academy Award-winning director Anthony Minghellas first original screenplay since his 1991 feature debut, Truly, Madly, Deeply. ... // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing... Hounddog is a film written, directed and produced by Deborah Kampmeier and starring child actress Dakota Fanning. ... 2007 has been referred to, by film and media critics, as the year of the threequels, a nickname referring to both the 2004 summer movie season and three film franchises from that year, which again appear this year: Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, and Oceans Thirteen, and in... Beowulf is a 2007 fantasy film directed by Robert Zemeckis. ... 2007 has been referred to, by film and media critics, as the year of the threequels, a nickname referring to both the 2004 summer movie season and three film franchises from that year, which again appear this year: Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, and Oceans Thirteen, and in...

Short Subjects: What Just Happened? is a Hollywood satirecomedy/drama starring Robert De Niro as a fading Hollywood producer trying to survive the humiliations of Hollywood, while struggling to get his new movie made during two weeks of hell, meanwhile going through his second divorce. ... 2008 in film is expected to feature another battle of the sequels, as many properties release new installments, including: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Indiana Jones 4, The Incredible Hulk, The Mummy 3, The Dark Knight, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Bond 22, Madagascar 2: The Crate Escape, Harry...

This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ... // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing...

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